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Maryland in play for presidential primary

After a Bernie Sanders sweep out west over the weekend, it appears that Maryland is also in play for the Democrats. The Sanders campaign set up shop Monday in Baltimore. During a tour of west Baltimore last December, Sanders described it like this: "What you look at is what a third-world country would look like." Fast-forward three months, and Sanders' campaign is back in Maryland, a state not usually still in play by late April. But with victories over the weekend, Sanders has a newly formed ground game in the state, with former NAACP President Ben Jealous the steering committee chair.

After a Bernie Sanders sweep out west over the weekend, it appears that Maryland is also in play for the Democrats. The Sanders campaign set up shop Monday in Baltimore. During a tour of west Baltimore last December, Sanders described it like this: "What you look at is what a third-world country would look like." Fast-forward three months, and Sanders' campaign is back in Maryland, a state not usually still in play by late April. But with victories over the weekend, Sanders has a newly formed ground game in the state, with former NAACP President Ben Jealous the steering committee chair.

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Updated: 7:52 PM EDT Mar 28, 2016

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WEBVTT MORE. GEORGE. GEORGE: WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION MOST LIKELY STILL UP IN THE AIR BY MARYLAND'S APRIL 26 PRIMARY. THE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN IS TAKING MARYLAND SERIOUSLY. IT ANNOUNCED TODAY A STEERING COMMITTEE, WITH FORMER NAA PRESIDENT BEN JEALOUS AS ITS CHAIRMAN. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO PLAY IN CHOOSING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BERNIE SANDERS, QUITE THICKLY, IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO CAN BE TRUSTED. GEORGE WITH SOME OF SANDERS' : NATIONAL CAMPAIGN STAFF ON HAND THE BEGINNING OF HIS MARYLAND GROUND GAME WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS, THE FREDDIE GRAY EMPOWERMENT CENTE IN WEST BALTIMORE. IT'S A SYMBOLIC LOCATION FOR A CAMPAIGN LOOKING TO CAPTURE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTES WITH ITS MESSAGES OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A CITY THAT HOPES SANDERS CAN GIVE ITS RESIDENTS A BIGGER VOICE. >> 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. WE FEEL AS IF WE ARE STEPCHILDREN. THAT WE ARE NEGLECTED, ABANDONS. ONLY TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT FREE TRADE IT HAS DECIMATED COMMUNITIES AND THE COUNTRY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BALTIMORE, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE SITUATED RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF WHERE THE UNREST WAS, BUT ALSO WHERE IT IS HAPPENING. GEORGE BUT BUILDING A LEAD OVER : HILLARY CLINTON MIGHT BE TOUGH. THE LATEST POLLS IN MARYLAND SHOW CLINTON WITH A 30 POINT EDGE OVER THE VERMONT SENATOR. THE CLINTON MACHINE HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING IN MARYLAND SINCE LAST FALL AND MOST OF THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT HAS ENDORSED HER. WE CONTINUE TO WORK FOR EVERY VOTE AND LET VOTERS KNOW HOW HILLARY PLANS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS. BY ACHIEVING ISSUES SUCH AS IT WILL FOR WOMEN, PAID SICK LEAVE, -- GEORGE MARYLAND IS ONE OF 5 : STATES THAT HOLD PRIMARIES ON APRIL 26. MARYLAND IS NOT A WINNER TAKE ALL STATE, SO CLINTON AND

Maryland in play for presidential primary

After a Bernie Sanders sweep out west over the weekend, it appears that Maryland is also in play for the Democrats. The Sanders campaign set up shop Monday in Baltimore. During a tour of west Baltimore last December, Sanders described it like this: "What you look at is what a third-world country would look like." Fast-forward three months, and Sanders' campaign is back in Maryland, a state not usually still in play by late April. But with victories over the weekend, Sanders has a newly formed ground game in the state, with former NAACP President Ben Jealous the steering committee chair.